Composite railway-tie.



J. H. KLLINGER.

COMPOSITE RAILWAY TIE` APYLIGATION FILED MAY 20,1911.

1,O08,89A Patented N0v,14,1911.

' ZZZ'iiyfg Inventor ..7 .I Attorneys UNITED sTA'rEs PATENT i OFFICE.

COMPOSITE nAlLwAY-TIE.

specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 14,1911.

Application med may 26,1911. serial No. 625,467. j

To all Lohom 'it may concern:

and useful Composite Railway-Tie, of which the following is a specification.v

This invention lrelates to composite railway ties, its object being to provide a tie v made up 'of concrete :rail supporting blocks and metallic; connections therebetween, said connections bei-.ng of such character as to permit the'necessary elasticity of the tie.

A further object is to provide a tie of this character' made :up of oppositely disposed similar sections, each section being reversible so as to compensate for wear and` tear and practically doublethel life of 'the tie.

With the foregoingand other objects in view which willappe'ar as the description proceeds, .the invention resides in the combi,- nation andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope ofwhat is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the pre- 3`0 ferred form of the invention has been s hown.

In said drawings :'-Figure 1 is` a plan view of a tie embodying the present 'improvements, portions of the metallic connections being broken away and one of the blocks being shown partly in section. there ."being a rail upon the other block. Fig. 2 is an enlarged central vertical section through one end Vportion of the tie and showing a rail secured in position thereon. Fig.

4o 3 is al bottom plan view of a portion of the tie andof the rail fastening means thereon. Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse section through one end portionof the tie and showing the rail fastening means partly in sectionjand partly in elevation. Fig. '5 is a perspective view of one of the -rail engaging devices.

-Fig. 6 is a perspective'view of the wedging member or key of the rail fastening means.

Referring .to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates a pipe section having a collar 2 at one end while its other end is attened, as indicated at 3 and' is embedded within the' middle portion of'a concrete block 4, said flattened portion lying parallel with 4525,5 the top and bottom faces of the block. A

ulslot -5 extends from the top to. the bottom vof the block adjacent theI center thereof and Be it known that I, JOHN H. KILLINGER,

a citizen of the United States, residing atl Coleb'rook, in the count-yof Lebanon and 5 State of Pennsylvania, have -invented a new also through `the iiattened portion 3.0i pipe 1, there being transverse grooves 6 in the top and bottom facesof the block .and of the '.same width as the slot. These .grooves eX- tend throughout the widthof the block and A'the groove. in the, upper face ofv said. block is adapted-"to receive a wear plate-7 having arms 8 extending downwardly therefrom Aalong the sides of the block, one of. these arms projecting below the bottom of the block and having an opening 9 thereinpwhile the other arm hasfiits lower end portion eX- tended laterally to form an`aperturedear 10. Wear-plate 7 has'notchesllformed in opposite sides thereof andreg'istering .with the slot 5,-the distance between thesenotche's being equal to or slightly lessftha'n 'thewidth of the base of the rail A to Vbe, mounted on the tie.

The slots 5`are designed toreceive jaws 12, the-length of each jawv being greater than the distance betweenthe upper and lower faces of the block 4 and each of these jaws being provided, at its upper end, with a rail i engaging head 13 while its Alower end portion 1s reduced 1n thickness, as indicated at i 14 and'merges into a hook 15. The notches 11 are of such size as to readily receive th'e hooks 15 when the jaws are being inserted into the slots 5 and, when the-heads 13 of the jaws rest upon the base flanges of a rail mounted on the wear plate 7,'- the hooks 15' are supported below the lowerface vof the block 4, as clearly indicated in Figs. 2.and 4.

The hooked lower ends of the 'jaws are adapted to be engaged by a wedgingkey 16 having a threaded stem projecting from one end while a slot 18 is formed longitudinally within the other 'end portionthereof.` .Stem- 17 is adapted to project throughvthe opening 9 and to be engaged by a tightening n ut 19,v

while the slot 1,8 is designed to register withthe opening in the ear 10 and to receive a bolt 2OV extending downwardly from said ear. The sides of the member 16 diverge from the stem 17 and formed on these die verging edge portions are flanges 21' having oftwo similar tsections. each of the sections being ofthe construction hereinbefore described.

-In assembling the parts of the tie, ther' flanges 2 are brought together and secured Aby Vmeans of bolts 22 j or the like, either on the tie arethenplztced on.- the wear stripsv 7 after which the' hooked'ends 15 or the rail` I a-stening aws are inserted through the '10 groovedfacet of'. each blo/cl:4 1' being? placed uppermost. The .wear plates 7 are then placed in the upper grooves .6 so that the armsy 8. will extend downwardly along the sides 0f the'blocks and the notches `11 will register With the slots 5. The rails to be ffaste'n'ed notches 11 and into the slots 5 so as to bring the'he'ads 13 ofthe jaws into engagement with jaws 12 downward-lv While` at. the same time.,

the -diverging sides `of the plate will push against the lower ends of the jaws and cause'v them to move-apart, the end vwalls of ,the'slotl 'within the -attened Vportion 3 vo the pipe l` constituting 'ulcrunis on which the 'jaws work. 'Ihe upper endportionsl of the jaws will'thus pull downwardly on the `rai-ls and .atthe sametinie clamp the railstherebetween. After the' properadjustment has been'effected, the bolt can beftightened` within lslot-'18`andv the road bed tamped about. the tie block soas to'concfe'al the plate landtthe lower portionsoflthe arms S.

` "Should "the upper' lportion ofy either block 4" beco'r'ne chipped for i otherwise rendered undesirable' 'for use, the tie Asection can be fore set forth.

unfasteiied from l`the other section 'ofy the tie and reversed after which the wear plate can be placed in the uppermost groove;l and the parts reassembled 1n the-manner#hereinbe- It is to be understood that each of the jaws 12 is to a certain extent resilient softhatafter the jaws have been 'tightenedI in the manner hereinbefore'set forth," they-vielding/ljv engage the rails so as to hold them irmlv irrespective of any contraction or expansion of the partsl or anj7 j olting which may `be produced by the movement of a .train 'over thel rails. The pipe connection between .the blockspermits anyl necessary resiliency of the tief Plat-e .1G

and the parts depending therefrom constil tutes means for preventing ther-tie from creeping after having yonce been. setA upon theroadbed.vli --f i illlhat is claimed is 1. A compositerailway .tie including rail supporting blocks, and a tubular connection between the blocksv and having iiattened.

ends anchored within the blocks.

composite railwajv tie including con- .Crete rail supporting blocks, tubular connecting devices having iattened .en-ds anchored within the blocks and Vmeans :for securing said devices together.

f In testimony thatjlf. claim .the foregoing;

asmv own.v I have herefo aflixed mv .signature in the presence of ti vo witnesses.

n JOHX KILLIXGER W'itnesses: i( v .y

' JOHN Your ELIAS E.R1ss n.- 

